Reply: Mice and Mystics:: General:: Re: Story Realms
by TurquoiseKnight ScottE wrote:Usually with my gaming group, the game owner does the GM part since they would know the game the best. I'm not a good story teller so I think Story Realms would fall...
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by larienna So it's like a "The reader is the Hero" book adapted as a board game.
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by Denise I plan on getting both games, but with very different expectations. Mice & Mystics will probably get a lot more play. Story Realms is really pretty much just for me to play with my son...
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by TurquoiseKnight Denise wrote:I plan on getting both games, but with very different expectations. Mice & Mystics will probably get a lot more play. Story Realms is really pretty much just for me...
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by Denise Probably about that. The demo I played at Gencon was about 45 minutes not counting rules explanation, but we skipped the side quest, but we also had some good luck that let things go faster...
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by nobeerblues Grainger wrote:I'd also point out that Story Realms, and most RPGs in, don't set the GM against the players. It's not like, say, Descent, where the player controlling the monsters is...
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by Grainger Depends on the gaming group, really. The players don't always have to succeed - it's the GM's call, and he/she has to cater for the tastes of the group. A game where players win easily,...
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by Grainger TurquoiseKnight wrote:Its less storytelling than you may think. Its more of a filling in the gaps. The stories progress scripted up to a certain point, then you and your colleagues need to...
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by nobeerblues This really is an interesting area of discussion. So cool to observe the immense variety in what players want in a gaming experience.
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by Grainger Yeah, and we're really hitting the "what is an RPG" debate. I think the guys over at RPGGeek tackled that, and couldn't agree on an answer.Games like Descent (nominally a board game) and...
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by youperguy larienna wrote:So it's like a "The reader is the Hero" book adapted as a board game.There is a little bit of that, but it is not the main focus. There are a few side quests that the...
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by TurquoiseKnight Grainger wrote:TurquoiseKnight wrote:Its less storytelling than you may think. Its more of a filling in the gaps. The stories progress scripted up to a certain point, then you and...
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by Grainger TurquoiseKnight wrote:Yes, I agree. Since SR is a coop game, the "GM out to destroy the players" factor is out. In SR, the "Storyteller" can play along side of the other players so his/her...
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by TurquoiseKnight Grainger wrote:TurquoiseKnight wrote:Yes, I agree. Since SR is a coop game, the "GM out to destroy the players" factor is out. In SR, the "Storyteller" can play along side of the...
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by matthean Since the game is geared towards families, I doubt games will have any real length to them.
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by nobeerblues I would say 1+ hours. The chapters featuring all 6 mice can ake closer to 2 hours. There was a serious effort on my part to make sure the game was around 90 minutes.
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by Omega2064 Great. My gaming group hates short games.
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Thread: Mice and Mystics:: General:: No news for a while now...?
by Sethy295 Hey all,I was just curious because I thought that this game would have something along the lines of a preview a week, but we haven't had anything new for a while now. Just wondering why...
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by Drenik I know that Rodney from Watch It Played! is making a video for Plaid Hat Games as we speak.
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by rob nawa I dunno I think we've got enough for now, I think maybe it's time to dig in and wait :D
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